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Ocean Cleanup Targeting 80,000 Tons Of Plastic Waste In Pacific Ocean
September 14, 2018

A team from The Ocean Cleanup will remove the trash collected every 6 weeks and transport it back to The Netherlands for recycling. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Giant plastic catcher heads for Pacific Ocean clean-up
September 14, 2018

Never before has anyone gone further by trying to clear the stuff from the middle of an ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Pacific garbage patch on alert / Ocean Cleanup to launch floating collection system in September / Estimates of 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in gyre
August 31, 2018

After five years of planning, testing and revising, the Ocean Cleanup is preparing for its first “real world” test. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Invasive Species Are Riding on Plastic Across the Oceans
August 31, 2018

Crustaceans and mollusks foreign to the United States have survived up to six years riding on ocean trash. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Plastics Crisis: 97 percent of all fish species have micro-plastics, study finds
August 24, 2018

Plastic pollution is a major problem in Samoa and the Pacific region. But just how bad is it? Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Tough Job of Cleaning Pacific Garbage Patch to Start in September
August 20, 2018

On Sept. 8, 2018, The Ocean Cleanup will launch the first beta test of its plastic-collecting technology, a nearly 2,000-foot (600-meter) floating tube that functions as an artificial coastline. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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A 24-year-old is going ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Some experts are worried.
August 10, 2018

On September 8, a massive and controversial plastic-cleanup system will be launched into the Pacific Ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

  • Read more about A 24-year-old is going ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Some experts are worried.
The Million Waves Project Looks to Solve Two Global Issues at Once
August 10, 2018

Here’s a look at how a newly created nonprofit is using reclaimed ocean plastic to make 3D-printed upper limbs for those in need. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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I asked 15 ocean plastic pollution experts about the Ocean Cleanup project, and they have concerns
August 3, 2018

The online ocean science community has been vocally skeptical about the Ocean Cleanup, a device that aims to physically remove plastic pollution from the ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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The Ocean Clean Up technology, Explained
July 27, 2018

Ocean cleanup designs giant pac-man system to gobble up world's plastic waste problem. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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